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Walter Cliff Ranch District

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.

From the record

“The Walter Cliff Ranch District, at 7635 Old HW 395 in Washoe Valley, Nevada is a historic site that was listed as a historic district on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. It has significance dating from c.1870, when the house was built.”

Wikipedia article Walter Cliff Ranch District, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 83 National Register listings published here for Washoe County · listed in 1985 · category: District.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • Listed as. Cliff, Walter, Ranch District - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
  • Address. 7635 Old HW 395, Washoe Valley, 89704
  • When was it listed? September 1985
  • Category. district
  • Census division. Washoe Valley
  • National Register reference number. 85002428 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Fires near this property

74 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 74 fires within 5 miles of Walter Cliff Ranch District between 1992 and 2020, burning about 12,420 acres in total. 29 started naturally. 4 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Natural29
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Recreation and ceremony6
Debris and open burning6
Equipment and vehicle use4
Arson/incendiarism4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Fireworks2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Firearms and explosives use1
Other causes1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
5 September 2017Naturalunder an acreTruckee Meadows Fire Protection DistrictPOLECAT
3 September 1997Naturalunder an acreCarson City District OfficeMOUNDHOUSE
21 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresCarson City District OfficeCARX 6
20 September 2018Firearms and explosives use12 acresCarson City District OfficeDUCK HILL
13 September 2020Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresCarson City District OfficeEAST LAKE
12 September 2017Naturalunder an acreCarson City District OfficeDUCK HILL
12 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTruckee Meadows Fire Protection DistrictBOWERS 2
12 September 2009Natural6.0 acresHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestKINGS VIEW

Every fire recorded in Washoe County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 19 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Walter Cliff Ranch District: 11 past producers, 4 occurrences, 2 unknowns, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Uranium. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Carson MineGold, Silver, Lead, TungstenProspect
Cinderlite AggregatesPumicePast Producer
Lucky Strike GroupUranium, Silver, GoldProspect
North CarsonCopper, Silver, LeadPast Producer
North Carson MineCopper, Silver, Lead, GoldPast Producer
Premier MineCopper, Gold, Silver, Antimony, Bismuth, Lead, CobaltPast Producer
Premier Mines Corp.Copper, Gold, Bismuth, Silver, AntimonyPast Producer
Rafetto PropertyArsenicUnknown
Carson MineTungstenOccurrenceUnknown
Lucky Strike GroupUraniumOccurrence

Every working recorded in Washoe County

Map coverage status

No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.

Listed places nearby

4 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Twaddle-Pedroli Ranch3.2 miles2000
Bowers Mansion4.4 miles1976
Old Winters Ranch/Winters Mansion6.0 miles1974
Whittell Estate6.7 miles2000

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 85002428 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Washoe CountyAll 83 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

  • Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
  • Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
  • How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
  • Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
  • Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.